Then prime minister Kevin Rudd and treasurer Wayne Swan spruik their $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs plan in ...

Welfare lobby ignores reality

Does anything better illustrate the dynamic of the welfare state than the welfare lobby's push to save a $4.40 per week "energy supplement"?

Needed: culture of innovation

The Australian Financial Review’s inaugural Innovation Summit identified two big shifts that need to accelerate if Australia is to catch up ...

Fixing our energy mess

After a decade of ineffectual stewardship of the nation's energy markets, COAG ministers will be playing catch-up.